The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-12
Tips LETTER TO CHARLIE.
A Frlsky Dog Tells How He Got Into
Mischief for Want OF Hts Playmate.
My Box IN THE WOoDsHED,

Mischief for Want or Hts Playmate.
My Box IN THE WOoDsHED,
LAKE CRY, N. Y.
DEAR CHARLIE: Mamma has just
shut me out, and said was very
naughty dog; so 1 thought I'd jump
into my box and tell you all about it.
Well, tonight, papa and mamma
were eating supper. when the door-bell
began to ring, so upstairs they went
and forgot to put me out.
I thought I'd just see what was on
the table; so 1 jumped into papa's chair,
and there on plate were some nice
slices Of tongue that they had saved for
Caddie's supper-she hadn't come yet.
Oh, how good they smelt; and, only
think, Charlie, I hadn't had IL bit of
meat to-day; nothing but bread and
milk. And Caddie could cat the bread
and butter and cookies. l don't like
them rs well as meat, and. oh. how
empty my stomach felt! SO / just ate it
up clean.
Then heard them coming, so I
jumped down, and was so glad to see
Caddie, who patted me on the head
and called me "good dog"
Pretty soon mamma said: ''Why,
where has all that tongue gone toP"
and looked right at me.
OF course, didn't pretend to know
any thing about it, but mamma scolded
me, said 1 was naughty and put me
out, AS have told you.
The man ut the market told papathat
he must not feed me much meat. for it
would make me have fits. Now, Char
lie. that isn't so, for feel great deal
more like having fits when don't have
meat; any dog would.
l have knawed the toe of papa's old
slipper so that he gave it to me; and 1
wear it on my nose whenever go out
to run round the yard and bark.
Every time hear boy whistle in
the street, 1 jump at the window to see
if it is you; but it isn't; so back l go to
my old bones in the yard.
l got tired, one day, of gnawing
them, and thought I'd dig up mammals S
Gala lily. She caughtm me at it, though,
and chased me all around the yard with
stick. 1t hit the end of my tail once
or twice, but didn't hurt bit; so 1
shall do it again the first chance 1 get.
call her mamma" because you do;
and heard her tell q lady the other
day that was all the little boy she
had, n0W.
Oh, such queer-looking thing has
just peeped in ut tho window; it had
green eyes, a tail twice us long as mine.
Papa said "kittums, kittums." and it
said "miew, micw." II it comes in my
yard again, shall just pull its tail out,
that's all.
Ono day I was lying on my back.
playing with papa's too, when mamma
came in and sprinkled some cold water
on inc. jumped up so quick that they
all laughed, and that made me angry.
few upstairs, snatched II slipper out
of the closet, and jumped into tho mid
die OF tho spare bed. Then pulled
down the clean pillow-shams to play
with and rolled them round tho slip
per. 1t was naughty. know, to make
SO much work for mamma; but she
must learn not to abuse me.
Oh, Charlie! She threw her English
Ivy in the ash barrel to-day. You
know l pulled it up by the roots,
scratched out the dirt, and broke the
jar.
Iheard her say; sIt is OF no use
trying to have any thing, while that
paltry dog Is aro,ind."
Hay with my nose on my paws. SC
innocent like. and just wiukod ather
and sho laughed.
Then sho went to work tying VI
strings for your morning-glories to run
on. Tip she said, "do you want e
sec Cha 'liep" and ] just barked eyes
yes, yes," with all my might; aud sh.
said' $50 do l, Tip"
don't like the looks of those strings
and shall tear them down rs soon ~
mamma goes into tho house. | thinl
she would miss you more and DO YER.